Pacific Northwest Gardening: Impulse purchase, 1 by Pistil

Pistil wrote:
Velveteena you got me to go get my camera, I knew I needed to update this thread. Here it is today. It had a bit of trouble this winter due to a neglectful owner (me oops). It was left outside the first night of the cold snaps both in Dec, Feb, down to 10 degrees here, then pulled into the garage where it severely dried out. It wilted bad but perked up with water. Quite a bit of branch die-back, but sprouted out in spring! Blooming now for months again. I think I might put it in the ground. I also think it could get huge, but would tolerate pruning, as the cold-dry was basically pruning. It is now too big for the pot and I had to water it every day while it was hot.
It is lightly fragrant only. My bit of lake-view is just about gone, as all the local trees are growing. Oh well now it is a tree-view house, also nice.